State v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As the officer had just followed footprints leading from the scene of a grisly homicide to defendant's house and inside the house found a parka closely matching a description given by witnesses, the officer had reason to be concerned about possible danger, and in fact the officer testified that he followed defendant into the bedroom because he feared there might be a weapon there.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 157 Wis. 2d 778 - State v. Amrine

2. “They are: (1) the site of the interrogation; (2) whether the investigation focused on the accused; (3) whether the objective indicia of arrest were present; and (4) the length and form of interrogation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mirquet

3. “was fully justified in following defendant into the bedroom.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 157 Wis. 2d 778 - State v. Amrine